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Photos: Cops use tech to point the finger of suspicion
Photo The machine takes a scan of a person's left and right index finger, as seen here, which are matched against the 7.5 million sets of fingerprint samples in Ident1. Data from the scan is sent over the GPRS... [24 Oct 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers unlocking the brain's secrets
Photo Leemans said: "Now you can divide the time taken to calculate the voxels [3D pixels] in the scan by about 300, so it can be done in minutes or seconds. The colours in the scan reflect the diffusion of... [13 Oct 2008]
Caption Competition: Doctor's orders!
Photo The winning caption from reader Radical Meldrew was "A request to virus scan hardware in the NHS led to some very confusing results". This competition has now closed. Photo credit: Lewis Imagebank [26 Sep 2008]
Photos: A first glimpse of the ID card
Photo The cards, which will be issued from 25 November, contain eight pieces of information, including two fingerprints and a facial photo scan, which are stored on a chip at its rear. The Home Office says this "contactless... [25 Sep 2008]
Blowing up hard drives, stinky broadband and super cars
Photo The modestly named Hero bot uses its spotlights and high resolution cameras to scan the underside of UK-bound lorries and coaches travelling through Calais - one of Europe's biggest ports. The Tesla Roadster, a sporty... [01 Aug 2008]
Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo The modestly named Hero bot uses its spotlights and high resolution cameras to scan the underside of UK-bound lorries and coaches travelling through Calais - one of Europe's biggest ports. It might only be the size of a... [24 Jul 2008]
Photos: 60 years of NHS tech
Photo Pictured here is the Imtran (Image Transfer) telephone system used to send X-ray and scan images for second opinions. The NHS celebrated its 60th birthday on 5 July. BT has been providing technology to the service since... [09 Jul 2008]
Photos: Shopping just got high-tech
Photo Finally, they can scan the garment's label barcode to get precise information about colour, size and price. A number of adventurous technologies were on display at the Retail Solutions Show, which this year relocated... [27 Jun 2008]
Photos: Welcome to futuristic shopping
Photo Customers scan the item's barcode at the bottom of the unit and can then request a different size without leaving the changing room. Fujitsu retail technology serves around 80 retailers and 16,000 stores across Europe,... [04 Jun 2008]
Photos: Tech unlocks secrets of ancient Mummy
Photo The scan, being examined here by scientists at the University of Zurich, revealed the mummy's intervertebral disks, cerebral membrane, blood vessels, and embalming fluid residue. A millennium after his death this boy... [28 Feb 2008]
Photos: Future tech at Microsoft Innovation day
Photo When unpacking shopping you can scan items against the screen (using RFID) which notes which items are being brought in. Microsoft hosted its fourth Innovation Day in Brussels this week with partner organisations showing... [06 Dec 2007]
Photos: The super 3D body scanner
Photo The scan is also much quicker than conventional CT scans, as the machine's X-ray emitting gantry - the giant ring-shaped part that surrounds the patient - can rotate four times in a single second, which is 22 per cent... [04 Dec 2007]
Photos: Hamburg's high tech hospital
Photo This capability allows clinicians to access scan results more quickly and explain to patients what their situation is. Here an MRI scan is viewed on a laptop PC after being accessed via the WLAN. A nurse... [18 Oct 2007]
Photos: Inside the British Library's digital books project
Photo There are four semi-automated digital scanners (above) in the studio, which allow the team to scan about 2,400 pages per hour. The British Library is working with Microsoft and imaging company Content Conversion... [27 Sep 2007]
Photos: Inside the world's best known RFID bookshop
Photo The RFID reader will scan the chip for the tag's ID number, check the number in the database and display the cost and other details of the book. But its location isn't the most interesting thing about it - the Selexyz... [16 Apr 2007]
